There are far too many people who seemingly want the easy life, in which everything goes their way and therefore they never have any pressing or stressful problems to deal with at all. While this might seem like a sort of paradise to have, it is, first of all, not typically going to ever be the actual case in the real world, and further to the point, this scenario won’t encourage us to call upon ourselves to exert or to accomplish what we should be devoting our conscious efforts to, so that we can thereby become a better person.
The reason why our life typically presents important challenges to us, expected or unexpected, welcomed or unwelcomed, is to give us the opportunity to deal with what we have to deal with, in which, the object of the exercise isn’t so much to immediately conquer what lies in front of us, for we may not yet have the maturity or the tools to do so, but rather as an abiding objective that we are meant to eventually overcome, with the sure knowledge that by doing so, we make ourselves to be that person who has positively grown through this experience.
Indeed, those that may have at one time been way ahead of us in development, insight, and accomplishments, will if they insist upon resting on their laurels or simply just resting, be the type of people that will be surpassed by those that keep on pushing on, where such pushing is warranted, for the race that each of us has to run, is not a race that is over and done with, at a very young age, but continues throughout our life, with the understanding that the more that we apply ourselves to needful things, the closer we will get to the destination that we are meant to be at.
We are challenged, not to break us, but rather as our fair opportunity to unlock the potential that each of us has, but may not intuitively recognize. So too, the mistakes that we make are there for us to learn from, so that, given the same sorts of circumstances again, we can subsequently overcome what previously stymied us. We must, as a given, take what we have been blessed with, and utilize those skills as well as others that we have developed to make the sort of progress which helps to not only improve our character, but also helps make society a better place for our good participation in it.
In this world, we will be tested, and those who refuse to take the test are the very same who will not grow, for they are wont to simply exist, as compared to understanding the importance of being focused upon growth, because without a plan, without effort, and without determination, it isn’t possible to break through to the level that we need to be at, because valued awards are not just handed out willy-nilly, but they are earned, through the blood, sweat, and tears of those that will not give up until they have fairly earned the prize that they have fairly won through their concentrated exertions.